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Title: The Storks of La Caridad
Author: Florence Byham Weinberg
Narrator: Fred Filbrich
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-04-17
Publisher: Florence Byham Weinberg
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Father Ignaz (Ygnacio) Pfefferkorn, a missionary from the Sonora Desert region of northern Mexico, is caught in the Expulsion of all Jesuits in 1767. After enduring eight years of prison and abuse, he is incarcerated in Caridad Monastery where the abbot recruits him to help solve two murders. In the course of his investigations, Father Ignaz finds his own life in peril.
Critic Reviews:
"A rollicking mystery full of plot twists based on real events, interesting characters modeled after historical figures, and more." (Steve Bennett, book editor for the San Antonio Express-News)
Members Reviews:
The Impossible Dream
If you could sum up The Storks of La Caridad in three words, what would they be?
Alive, Engaging, Real
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Storks of La Caridad?
Throughout, the way the tension builds incrementally without seeming forced or contrived
What about Fred Filbrichs performance did you like?
How one voice can bring to life the interior and exterior of so many characters is a mystery to me.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I sat in the parking lot (of my destination) for 45 minutes to finish the chapter I had just begun when I arrived. It was that good.
Any additional comments?
I don't like audio books. I prefer the "feel" of a paper book in my hands, and I was skeptical about this on in particular because I had so enjoyed "Storks" when I read it some years ago. But THIS audio book was "the impossible dream" .. and audio book that moved as quickly and as surely as original. Weinberg's Pfefferkorn has found the perfect voice in Filbrich, and comes alive in a new way. I cannot say enough good things about this merging. I enjoyed it on several levels.
A Mystery & A Mistake for My Voyage
A mystery that begins in the Sonoran desert of NW Mexico, with the expulsion of the Jesuits in the mid 18th Century, The Storks of La Caridad enmeshes a fictional story into the very real history of Mexico under rule of the Spanish Empire. The tale pivots around Father Ignatios sense of honor to his vows of obedience. But, behind the story-line lies the very real events of the time period when King Charles, III felt that the Jesuits had amassed too much wealth and influence over the affairs of the Spanish Empire. It was believed that they had discovered rich mines from which they derived immense wealth in the desert. Many of the priests of that order were shipped to Spanish prisons and locked away during the expulsion. This left a vacuum in the Spanish American colonies, because the Jesuit Order had built hospitals and schools, educating the native populations. Many of the priests that were expelled from the empire there had been born on the continent, so they werent even European.
But, Father Ignatios character is believed to have knowledge of locations of treasure mines, and because he couldnt give them that information, he has been treated very roughly before arriving at the Cathedral of Kindness. Storks live outside the bell-tower window and that becomes a big part of expressing his desire for freedom.
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Title: The Storks of La Caridad
Author: Florence Byham Weinberg
Narrator: Fred Filbrich
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-04-17
Publisher: Florence Byham Weinberg
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Father Ignaz (Ygnacio) Pfefferkorn, a missionary from the Sonora Desert region of northern Mexico, is caught in the Expulsion of all Jesuits in 1767. After enduring eight years of prison and abuse, he is incarcerated in Caridad Monastery where the abbot recruits him to help solve two murders. In the course of his investigations, Father Ignaz finds his own life in peril.
Critic Reviews:
"A rollicking mystery full of plot twists based on real events, interesting characters modeled after historical figures, and more." (Steve Bennett, book editor for the San Antonio Express-News)
Members Reviews:
The Impossible Dream
If you could sum up The Storks of La Caridad in three words, what would they be?
Alive, Engaging, Real
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Storks of La Caridad?
Throughout, the way the tension builds incrementally without seeming forced or contrived
What about Fred Filbrichs performance did you like?
How one voice can bring to life the interior and exterior of so many characters is a mystery to me.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I sat in the parking lot (of my destination) for 45 minutes to finish the chapter I had just begun when I arrived. It was that good.
Any additional comments?
I don't like audio books. I prefer the "feel" of a paper book in my hands, and I was skeptical about this on in particular because I had so enjoyed "Storks" when I read it some years ago. But THIS audio book was "the impossible dream" .. and audio book that moved as quickly and as surely as original. Weinberg's Pfefferkorn has found the perfect voice in Filbrich, and comes alive in a new way. I cannot say enough good things about this merging. I enjoyed it on several levels.
A Mystery & A Mistake for My Voyage
A mystery that begins in the Sonoran desert of NW Mexico, with the expulsion of the Jesuits in the mid 18th Century, The Storks of La Caridad enmeshes a fictional story into the very real history of Mexico under rule of the Spanish Empire. The tale pivots around Father Ignatios sense of honor to his vows of obedience. But, behind the story-line lies the very real events of the time period when King Charles, III felt that the Jesuits had amassed too much wealth and influence over the affairs of the Spanish Empire. It was believed that they had discovered rich mines from which they derived immense wealth in the desert. Many of the priests of that order were shipped to Spanish prisons and locked away during the expulsion. This left a vacuum in the Spanish American colonies, because the Jesuit Order had built hospitals and schools, educating the native populations. Many of the priests that were expelled from the empire there had been born on the continent, so they werent even European.
But, Father Ignatios character is believed to have knowledge of locations of treasure mines, and because he couldnt give them that information, he has been treated very roughly before arriving at the Cathedral of Kindness. Storks live outside the bell-tower window and that becomes a big part of expressing his desire for freedom.